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... decades a number of names have joined the cheaters' hall of fame including Ben Johnson (stanozolol), Diane Modahl (testosterone), Dan Mitchell (testosterone), Lindford Christie (nandrolone), Olga Yegorova (erythropoetin) and Andrea Raducan (pseudoephedrine), to name a few. Johnson was abusing stanazolol and other agents for years with the help of fringe practitioners, before testing positive at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. In the UK, many were shocked by the Lindford Christie saga, however he first tested positive in 1988, at the start of his career, for the banned stimulant pseudoephedrine; not surprisingly he has now lost the contract for whiter than white whites. It was the Irish swimmer Michelle Smith de Bruin who brought the reality of doping home to our own doorstep; while the country was divided in 1998 as to whether she was a sporting Jenny or a bold deceiver, the IOC confirmed that there was "Whiskey in the ...